jpdb beta

younger brother (of an older brother); younger sister (of an older sister); youngest child; young; younger; young and beautiful

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to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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conflict; strife

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peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky

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if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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hypothesis; speculation; surmise; conjecture

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all (there is); as long as there is

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distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

2

miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

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Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum

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Sakaya

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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extract; excerpt

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incense

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silence; stillness; quietness

2

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

2

embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration; (arch.) putting on makeup

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green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

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dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

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Matashirou

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match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle

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bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

2

spectacle; sight; scene

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verse

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to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice

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growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation

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to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

1

wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token

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impression

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to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

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best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

3

pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

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calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

2

in that way; like that; that way

2

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

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to blow (wind)

2

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

3

bamboo grove

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to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

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head; lead; vanguard; first

3

to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

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rioter; ruffian

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geography

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whereabouts; place where one is; position; location

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to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

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to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs

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